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A blog from inside the emergency departmentTue, 03 Mar 2015 15:12:27 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: -http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2011/06/open-mic-weekend-7/#comment-55985
Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:53:48 +0000http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=6722#comment-55985Still waiting. Please fix everything.
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Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:31:15 +0000http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=6722#comment-55496The current results are unacceptable. Please fix it.
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Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:21:21 +0000http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=6722#comment-55398If there was a different vision, it should have been communicated. Of course I defended the research coordinators and reported it to HR — would you have me react a different way? If my immediate superiors are threatened, don’t you want me to try to help them? Of course I care that they are being attacked?
]]>By: Marilynhttp://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2011/06/open-mic-weekend-7/#comment-54860
Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:22:26 +0000http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=6722#comment-54860I am not a medical professional, but a person with great interest in autoimmune disease because I have one (maybe two). So this is just a suggestion and connection to information, that seems to have helped some other people; do not consider this medical advice.

You might want to get checked for celiac disease. Get the genetic test, not just the blood tests. Very easy to check it out without doctors by going gluten free, which is not as easy as it seems but if a lot of your symptoms abate on the diet, you have a no cost answer.

AS is an autoimmune disease, and generally people with one end up with one or two others. Celiac is a frequent companion of other conditions and while eating gluten-free won’t cure, it can reduce symptoms greatly in some people.

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Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:55:31 +0000http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=6722#comment-54841If that rheum won’t prescribe anything other than ssz for AS, maybe he did you a favor so you’d know to find a doctor who’s kept up with current treatment options. Biologics can be used to treat AS. Go shopping for a new rheumatologist. Have you looked at the Spondylitis Association’s website? Good luck!
]]>By: Hueydochttp://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2011/06/open-mic-weekend-7/#comment-54681
Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:41:05 +0000http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=6722#comment-54681An Open Letter to Administrators:

If you add 8 extra exam rooms to the ER and do NOT increase the satff; yes, your length of stay times will worsen.

If you actually DECREASE the number of staff in the ER, your times will greatly worsen.

Rewarding bad behavior of patients will only worsen their behavior. Any parent knows this.

When will we see satisfaction surveys of administrators by the staff ?

If a patient is drunk, violent, threatening to us- can we give them your home phone number and address ? And give them a cab voucher to your house at 3 AM ?

And just how are we to get 100% satisfaction scores when you take away basic services like ultrasound ?

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Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:57:32 +0000http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=6722#comment-54665Why would the hospital’s relationship with tobacco be a security issue? Why is the pilot project a security issue so that my phone is being tapped (Yes I can tell)? To be blunt: I initially liked the ED because I thought I was helping people have access to care. Dr. Lewis doesn’t like the survey because it casts doubt on his claims. The demonstration/pilot project deal may raise questions about STARK or other laws any attorney could issue spot. The pilot proposal right now may fail to meet the objectives; that’s a lot of money to waste. When I have mentioned these concerns the response was “How would anyone know?”… Patty bullied out Tara and Denice and I filed reports with HR, so she attacked me. Patty’s incompetence caused her to screw up the ACTION grant form and I went back and corrected it. Why did someone let an incompetent fool attack my research coordinators? Of course I am defensive. I have no stocks or way to profit from this. If I am supposed to keep my mouth shut, then get me out of here.
]]>By: Hueydochttp://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2011/06/open-mic-weekend-7/#comment-54662
Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:04:34 +0000http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=6722#comment-54662Never.
She will be promoted to full administrator.
]]>By: Teresahttp://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2011/06/open-mic-weekend-7/#comment-54595
Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:07:04 +0000http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=6722#comment-54595If the doctor can’t help you, then you are on your own. Have you tried The Specific Carbohydrate Diet?
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Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:05:16 +0000http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=6722#comment-54538Our ED hired an incompetent administrator who bullied multiple people to cover up her stupidity. When will she be fired?
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